by Larry Richman | Dec 15, 2013
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unequivocally affirm themselves to be Christians. They worship God the Eternal Father in the name of Jesus Christ. When asked what the Latter-day Saints believe, the Prophet Joseph Smith put Christ at the...
by Larry Richman | Dec 10, 2013
The Christmas page at mormon.org/christmas centers on the reason for the season—Jesus Christ. And you are invited to help spread the message. Please help people understand that Mormons are Christian. The messages on this page emphasize a Christmas season centered on...
by Larry Richman | Dec 2, 2013
Latter-day Saints love and revere the Bible. We consider the Bible to be the word of God. We can receive strength, comfort, and guidance from the biblical accounts of God’s dealings with His people. The National Bible Association named Salt Lake City as the...
by Larry Richman | Nov 26, 2013
Read online scriptures at scriptures.lds.org, where you can highlight and annotate verses online and sync all your study notes across your computer, tablet, and smartphone.
by Larry Richman | Nov 25, 2013
In social media, you often see posts like “5 things about me you may not know.” Here’s one for the Book of Mormon: I was translated in 65 working days. I speak 109 languages. Over 160 million copies of me have been distributed. The Bible is my best...
by Larry Richman | Nov 24, 2013
The Book of Mormon is published in 109 languages, and many of them are available in multiple formats online. In March 1830, 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon were printed in the E. B. Grandin print shop in Palmyra, New York. From that humble beginning, today the...
by Larry Richman | Nov 9, 2013
A year ago, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir launched their YouTube channel at YouTube.com/MormonTabChoir. Since then, the channel has logged 5 million views. If you haven’t subscribed to the channel, then you’re missing out on great music videos, playlists,...
by Larry Richman | Oct 25, 2013
The Gospel Library has a Notes and Journal function that lets you highlight and add notes to most of the content* you read in the Gospel Library, such as scriptures and manuals, on LDS.org or on the mobile app. You can also make journal entries in the same system....
by Larry Richman | Oct 13, 2013
In the video below, Jeff explains that the Holy Bible and The Book of Mormon “shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace…” (2 Nephi 3:12.) Instead of arguing about small...
by Larry Richman | Oct 10, 2013
The LDS Seminary website has an interactive scripture mastery function at ScriptureMastery.lds.org to help you locate, apply, and memorize scriptures. Below is a nice meme of one of the Seminary mastery scriptures that you could use to help remember the scripture and...
by Larry Richman | Aug 9, 2013
A translation of the Book of Mormon has now been published in the Malay language. Malay is mostly spoken in India, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Most of the Malay-speaking members of the Church live in Malaysia and Singapore. The new language translation is available in...
by Larry Richman | Aug 1, 2013
The Church has published a stand-alone version of the New Testament in Spanish from the Santa Biblia: Reina Valera 2009 to make the scriptures more accessible and convenient for Church members and nonmembers alike. This new version is the standard size and contains...
by Larry Richman | Jul 29, 2013
Read a more current article about scripture reading charts. Here are a few scripture reading charts courtesy of the LDS Share page on Facebook that shares LDS ideas, information, and inspirational stories and experiences. Old Testament structural reading...
by Larry Richman | Jul 17, 2013
The following is adapted from a presentation by Scott Welty and Mel Tingey. For centuries, scriptures were copied by hand from manuscripts. These books were very costly and only a privileged few had access to them. By 1455, Johannes Gutenberg had invented a press with...
by Larry Richman | Jul 16, 2013
This new video produced by the Church (found at lds.org/scriptures/heritage in the section “Personal Value”) shows members describing their personal experiences with the scriptures. The following is the article “‘What the Scriptures Mean to...